11:51 PM,
Apr. 11, 2013

Eli Lilly and Co.'s job cuts will affect 'only a handful' of employees in Indiana ? probably fewer than 20, a spokesman said.

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Indianapolis drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. will lay off hundreds of U.S. sales representatives by July 1 to cope with the loss of some of its top-selling products, which are facing the end of patent protection. | The company would not provide an exact number of layoffs, except to say it will affect fewer than 1,000 full-time employees. An undetermined number of contract workers will be let go as well. | The cuts will affect "only a handful" of employees in Indiana - probably fewer than 20, Lilly spokesman J. Scott MacGregor said on Thursday. | "These people are really spread out all over the ...